Indian men slip to fourth; women’s team ninth in FIH rankings

The Blue Mountain team that secured the NDCA second division title.

Blue Mountain is Nilgiris second division champ

UDHAGAMANDALAM: Blue Mountain registered a comfortable 89run win over The Orange and emerged the champion of the NDCA second division league for the Sterling Biotech Ltd. Rolling Trophy recently.

The scores (final): Blue Mountain 235/8 in 35 overs (S. Kishore Kumar 39, S. Prabhu 37, Y. Akash 34, K. Sanjeev Ram 3/50) bt The Orange 146 in 25.3 overs (S. Bharath 3/24, A. Mohamed Sansha 3/32).

Four-wicket win for Wellington

Wellington CC got the better of Dream XI by four wickets in the NDCA league entry tournament

recently.

The scores: Dream XI 188 in 27 overs (M. Erulandi 34, V.

Kamalesh 34, Jaishankar 33, B. Prakash 3/31) lost to Wellington CC 189/6 in 32.1 overs (K. Gowrishankar 59 n.o., Rakesh Kumar 30, L. Prabhu 3/27).

Groove Valley 306/7 in 35 overs (Rajiv Raman 80, G. Chandrasekar 72, Kishore Kannan 40, Raj Kumar 31, R. Dinesh Kumar 3/66) bt Sterling 182 in 30.2 overs (K.B. Suhas 52, A. Martin 32, Nowsath Ali 3/31).

Atharv scalps five

Atharv Arunil picked up five for 26 as the Good Shepherd International defeated St. Joseph’s Boys HSS in the NDCA under13 interschool tournament recently.

The scores: St. Joseph’s Boys 89 in 27.5 overs (H. Adrick 44, Atharv Arunil 5/26) lost to The Good

S. Suriya (Phoenix, 6/9).

Shepherd International 90/2 in 27.2 overs.

St. Jude’s 96 in 27.5 overs (A. Sashanth 3/21) lost to Crescent Castle 97/1 in 20.1 overs (R. Ishaan 67 n.o.).

Riverside 133/6 in 30 overs (R. Saketh Gulshan 54, N.R. Nikhilesh Raman 36, Dev Kumar 3/32) lost to The Lawrence 134/2 in 24.4 overs (Aryan Rajendra 35, Dev Kumar 33, K. Krithik Varshan 30 n.o.).

Rathinam College finishes second

COIMBATORE: Rathinam College finished runnerup in the prestigious South India invitational football tournament for the BVS Trophy in Mangalore recently. In the clash for the title, Rathinam lost 21 to Karnataka Sports Club. In the semifinal, Rathinam hammered Goa FC 61.

Dheeran is Adharsh’s hero

NAGAPATTINAM: V.S. Dheeran’s 110 set up Adharsh’s 118run win over National (Nagore) in the NDCA interschool T20 cricket tournament.

The scores:

Adharsh MHSS 183/3 in 20 overs (V.S. Dheeran 110) bt National HSS (Nagore) 65/9 in 20 overs (A. Ahamed Hafil 3/10).

RVS Bharath HSS 88/1 in 20 overs lost to GHSS (Thopputhurai) 89/1 in 13 overs (Jagan 30 n.o.,

Abinesh 28 n.o.).

GHSS (Arkattuthurai) 40 in 11.5 overs (Ganapathy Bala 3/5) lost to Point Calimere International School 41/4 in 7.2 overs.

Suriya’s six-for does the trick for Phoenix

VILLUPURAM: S. Suriya’s six for nine helped Phoenix CC bowl out Mailam Engineering College for 89 to secure a 50run win in the Villupuram DCA third division league here.

The scores: I div: UnitedA 166/7 in 25 overs (M. Niruban Kumar 39) lost to Captain 167/8 in 24.2 overs (M. Arunachalam 62, M. Nirubankumar 3/13).

Friends 211/7 in 25 overs (K. Lakshmanan 44, G. Srirangan 64, B. Raji 30, S. Prakash 4/31) bt Evergreen 130/9 in 25 overs (K. Lakshman 3/22, Karthick 3/38). UnitedB 90 in 19.3 overs (R. Veeramani 31) lost to Vikravandi CC 92/3 in 12.1 overs.

II div: LMCC 158 in 25 overs (S. Jayakuppuraj 39, N. Murugadass 31) lost to SGCC 159/5 in 18.3 overs (D. Sasikaran 37, G. Jayaprakash 34).

SRT CA 156/8 in 25 overs (R. Vivekanandh 41) bt Ammu 130 in 22.3 overs (S. Rajesh 63, E. Durai Raj 5/11).

Sachin Brothers 154/9 in 25 overs (S. Balu 51, Kalaiyarasan 3/32) lost to Sakthi 155/9 in 24.5 overs (Abudaher 30, S. Vijayan 41).

III div: Phoenix 139 in 20.2 overs (P. Vivek Kumar 36, D. Nagavel 3/27, R. Vetrivel Mani 4/30) bt Mailam Engg. College 89 in 24.1 overs (T. Vishnu 31, S. Suriya 6/9).

Surya G.O.I. 187/7 in 22 overs (B. Pradap 31, V. Ravindran 50, E. Yuvaraj 4/25) bt Suriya Polytechnic 116/9 in 22 overs (R. Amarnath 3/20, S. Saravanan 3/17).

VRS Engg. College 136/6 in 25 overs (A. Kumar 62) lost to Dream Boys 137/6 in 23.1 overs (R. Thavasi 66, R. Ramu 3/33).

Sky 185 in 25 overs (S. Sarthubabu 40, M. Siva Murthy 43, K. Gajendran 3/37) lost to Master Blaster 187/6 in 24.2 overs (E. Viji 68 n.o., B. Vetri Velu 38, K. Gajendran 30).

(final), day 4, Jio Cinema App, 9.30 a.m.

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ODI, FanCode, 2 p.m.

AllEngland Championships, BWF YouTube Channel & Jio Cinema App, 3.30 p.m.

Sony Sports Ten 1 (SD & HD) & LIV, 6.30 p.m.

Sports 181 (SD & HD) & Jio Cinema App, 7.30 p.m.

Sports 181 (SD & HD) & Jio Cinema App, 7.30 p.m.

Sony Sports Ten 2, 5 (SD & HD) & LIV, 1.30 a.m. (Thursday)

India on Tuesday slipped a spot to fourth in the latest FIH men’s world rankings with Germany taking the third place following an impressive run at the Hockey Olympic Qualifiers.

India (2761) had directly qualified for the Paris Olympics through the Asian Games gold last year and didn’t need to play in the recentlyconcluded Olympic Qualifiers.

Netherlands (3060) continue to sit at the top, coming back from the India leg of the FIH Pro League with two draws and a loss to Australia accounting for its only dropped points in eight matches.

In women’s rankings, India (2215), which failed to make the cut for the Paris Olympic Games, is in ninth place in the list headed by Netherlands (3422), which remained clear of the pack, having won all 12 of its Pro League Season 5 matches thus far.

Australia (2678) in fourth, is followed by Belgium (2499). Less than 100 points separate England on sixth and India on ninth.